Blog and updates
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28 Feb 2023
20% of parents are spending less on books for their children
We regularly hear about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the impacts for families in terms of heating their homes or being able to put enough food on the table. But what about the other...
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20 Feb 2023
Deep Dive into "Any Other Religion" Part One (Paganism)
This is the first in a 3 part series where I will take a deep-dive into the religions that have grown significantly in the UK, according to the 2021 Census (religion info released in November...
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17 Feb 2023
Are you a Christian if you can't tell the Christmas story?
This week I’ve been thinking about what identifying as a religious individual really means. Our entire census data is built upon self-identification by individuals as belonging to a religious...
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16 Feb 2023
Podcast Recommendation: Reasons to be Cheerful: How to Fix our Education System
One of the things I miss now that I am working from home is listening to podcasts as I drove to and from school, so this week I decided it was time to catch up with some episodes of one of my...
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18 Jan 2023
The Big Reveal: Religion data from the census is available!
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one inviting my friends over for a census reveal party before Christmas? (Food included Bergers, and a Bloch of cheese, washed down with some spiritual gin!)
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12 Jan 2023
Instagram daily revision questions kick off next week!
Get your students to follow our Instagram account (@tutor2usoc) to access daily revision questions for both GCSE and A-Level students. These will start next Monday (16th Jan) and will continue...
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8 Dec 2022
The Big A-Level Sociology Festive Quiz 2022
Enjoy this bumper Christmas-themed pack of Sociology quiz questions and challenges (with the odd Christmas general knowledge question thrown in for fun).
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5 Dec 2022
The Polytheistic Mayans of Mexico
Prior to religion in Mexico being centred around one, male God, the Mayan religion featured female deities such as Ix Chel – The Mayan Moon Goddess. In fact, the Mayans worshipped over 150 to 250...
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2 Dec 2022
Sociology at the Cinema: She Said
Last weekend I watched She Said - it literally made me say 'wow' at the end - it is an incredible watch that tells a horrifying story of systematic sexual abuse by men in power, and is a must-watch...
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23 Nov 2022
Children in Need supports homework club
When we think about Children in Need we often focus on the huge amounts of money raised for such a worthy cause. But do we really think about what that money actually funds and the difference it...
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22 Nov 2022
Max Weber is alive and well and living in Guatemala City
Sociology teachers often use case studies from South America when teaching Beliefs: from the Liberation Theology movement of the 1960s to the rise of Pentacostalism, and the high religiosity -...
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16 Nov 2022
How Much Social Mobility Is Really Happening?
Over the weekend it was Social Class Gap Day - a similar concept to Equal Pay Day (which falls next weekend!) which illustrates the gender pay gap.
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15 Nov 2022
Kanye’s Yeezus: vicarious religion or charismatic sect leader?
This week I have been interested in Kanye’s position in the media as self-proclaimed ‘Yeezus’, whereby he has described ‘his job to spread the gospel’ via his lyrics and his platform as a...
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11 Nov 2022
John Lewis, Tesco and Lidl tone down Christmas adverts
Christmas adverts have started on TV - and as ever, many conjure up sentimentality, nostalgia and joy. But as the cost of living soars, some retailers have opted for a more muted approach to their...
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10 Nov 2022
Additions to Recommended Content in the AQA Teaching Guide (Crime & Deviance)
AQA has recently released an updated version of its popular teaching guide for A Level Sociology. Whilst this does not form an amendment to the specification, there are some interesting changes to...
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10 Nov 2022
Additions to Recommended Content in the AQA Teaching Guide (Education)
AQA has recently released an updated version of its popular teaching guide for A Level Sociology. Whilst this does not form an amendment to the specification, there are some interesting changes to...
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7 Nov 2022
Greta Thunberg on the impact of climate change
Very engaging interview with Greta Thunberg (with comedian Russell Howard) about the impact of climate change, with clear links to Global Development, but also green crime.
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2 Nov 2022
Sociologist in Profile: Walter Rodney 1942-1980
In Autumn 2022, AQA released an updated teachers guide which references works that students may wish to become familiar with. One of the new additions to the Global Development part of the...
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1 Nov 2022
How Can We Achieve Black Equality?
A panel of experts in the Guardian, including Lenny Henry and Diane Abbott, suggest answers to this question.
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31 Oct 2022
Sociology in the News: Friends are good for us … so why do many men have none at all?
Best pals in 1920s rural Ireland fall out spectacularly in the acclaimed film The Banshees of Inisherin. A century on, surely the attitudes of the modern male have moved on?
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